One Word Wonder

My 12 year old son concieved of and constructed this puzzle, but I'll take credit for it:)

Anybody?

Apparently, 12-year-old boys and I don’t think alike. I am stumped!

[3] Ditto!

[2] Can't the "scouts" in your family help us out?

[5] He would, except he's in school right now! My first thought was that as soon as I show him tonight, he'll say "Geez, Mom, that's SO obvious!" (He's 13)

[6] Isn't it time for you to pick him up to go to the "dentist" or something?? ;-)

[7] I wish - but I already took him out of school yesterday to go to a baseball game!

This is WAY more important than a baseball game!

Somebody must have a 12 year old around - two people have solved.

I must still be stuck in my 12-year-old mentality. It wasn't my first guess, but it clicked for me. Count is important. Background is not part of solution, just related to the solution.

[11] Thank you! Something finally clicked in my inner child.

[11] Ahhhh . . . it's actually quite clever.

Might have been a bit easier if it had been published next month instead.

Oh, for heaven's sake! I feel really dumb now that it took me that long to figure it out. It really IS quite clever. Especially when you take the age of the puzzle maker into consideration! Kudos to your son Brupop!

Nice!

Cute!

[5]-[9] LOL.

[13] Next month, we'll use 8 bears or 8 shivering cats.

[1] Good job, Brupop and son!

despite being the combined age of three 12 year olds, I'm attracting nothing but crickets. I can't get "8 cat heads in a circle" down to one word.

ahhh... post & solve. clever

well it's not cats hate water

[13][14][15][16][18][19]Thank you. It's always nice to hear from others that my kid is clever.
BTW, I hear he's cute as well;)

still stuck

It's not a James Bond movie.

Come on, post-n-solve!

EDIT: Yes! It worked!

Hee Hee!
I liked it! Nice "aha"

what am I doing!?

I just never get OWW's. Even easy ones that are created by a 12 year old.

Well, it wasn't cadets. I know I know! What a stretch.

There's a nice sprinkling of salt in [13] and [17] (should get you the first four letters) and [23] hints to the whole answer, minus "sy".

still dont know why [13] or [17] is helpful [23] got it for me

*sigh* 111, in 85 seconds. I'd tried this first (or even showeed up on time) I'd have made the top 100.

The hints make it really easy.

I think 23 is actually too salty.

Too cute!

You solved this puzzle in 34 seconds and were the 120th Tanga member to solve it.

First one!

Oh, that was cute. :)

[23] didn't clue me in, but [13] & [17] did help me get the first 4 letters as [29] said. Then a crossword solver got me the rest and made me smile.

And I just realized that this puzzle is THREE YEARS OLD! Wow! Guess the kid is 15 now...

Oh, clever boy.